Changsheng felt a little embarrassed when the girl saw him, so he got up and walked to the southwest corner, eating silently in the darkness.
That family received the blessing of immortality and was grateful. Seeing that the immortals had no bedding, they asked the child to bring the only blanket they had.
Changsheng naturally didn't want it, so he waved it off and asked the child to take the blanket back.
Being favored but unable to repay the kindness, the old man and his family could only talk to Changsheng cordially and ask him where he came from and where he was going.
Naturally, Chang Sheng could not tell the truth. He only said that he came from the south and was going to Yuzhou to visit his relatives.
The old man's family name is Tian, and he comes from Qizhou, so he can be considered half a fellow villager.
While he was talking, someone came to the door. Changsheng looked up and saw that the person who came was a ragged woman with an unweaned baby wrapped in her arms and a pottery bowl in her hand. She looked embarrassed and hesitated to speak. .
In addition to them, there were several victims in the east wing of the abandoned inn. This person undoubtedly came from the east wing.
Changsheng knew the person's intention, so he stood up, came to the door and put half of the kudzu root in his hand into the woman's bowl.
The woman received the food and thanked her profusely. She was about to turn around and leave when Changsheng called out to her again.
The woman didn't know why and turned back in fear.
There was still more than half of the kudzu he brought back before. Changsheng walked over and took it out and handed it to the woman, "You can also eat it raw."
Seeing Chang Sheng's generosity, the woman was surprised. She stood stunned for a moment, then fell to her knees and kowtowed repeatedly.
Upon seeing this, Chang Sheng hurriedly stretched out his hand to help her up. When he saw the baby wrapped in the woman's arms, his head was huge, his eyebrows were drooping, and his eyes were lifeless. He knew that he was about to die, and there was no way to save him. He felt sad in his heart and shook his head helplessly. .
Seeing that the woman had brought food back, her companions also hurried over to express their thanks. Changsheng had never experienced such a scene before, so he was very nervous, so he dealt with it in a perfunctory manner. He waited until everyone stood up and left before secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
After sending away the victims on the opposite side, Changsheng turned around and saw old man Tian and his family with doubts and reluctance in their eyes. Guessing what they were thinking, Changsheng said, "They don't have anything to eat either, so give it to them." , we’ll look for it tomorrow.”
"Can we still find it?" Old Man Tian was cautious.
"Yes." Changsheng returned to the corner and sat down.
His heart was very heavy. Before that, he had always thought that he was already miserable enough. After he came out, he found out that there were many people who were worse off than him. At least he could still find food to make a living. However, these victims had to bring up their families and had nothing to do except farm work. Tian didn't know anything, he couldn't even make ends meet, he was hungry, and his life was precarious.
After a night of silence, Chang Sheng was awakened by the sound of crying the next morning. The crying came from the east wing. Needless to say, the child in the woman's arms was dead.
Changsheng couldn't see this, so he got up and walked out. When Old Man Tian and his family saw him leaving, they hurriedly followed him.
Changsheng originally wanted to go out for some fresh air. When he saw Old Man Tian and his family following him, he went straight on the road. It was not yet bright yet and there was still fog lingering on the road.
Chang Sheng had limited legs and feet and could not walk very fast, so Old Man Tian and his family had no trouble following.
When walking with the victims, Changsheng no longer has to pretend to be a woodcutter. He looks around and searches carefully when he is on the road.
There are also techniques to find food in the mountains. There are fewer wild vegetables to eat in places where the trees are too dense, and there are not many wild vegetables to eat in places where the thatch is too dense. There are crisp rocks below, and there are more things to eat in places with fertile soil. .
Then there is the flower. Platycodon has blue flowers, and daylily has yellow flowers. However, fresh daylilies are poisonous and must be dried before they can be eaten.
There are also mushrooms in this season. Fungus mainly grows on elm trees, locust trees, and poplar trees. Pine mushrooms mainly grow under pine forests. There are also some unknown mushrooms. It is very simple to judge whether they are poisonous or not. Just look at whether they are alive or not. Bugs, if they have bugs, you can eat them.
Changsheng does not hide his secrets. When searching, he will bring the Tian family siblings with him. When digging, he will give instructions and tell them how to search and identify. He cannot always walk with them. If they are separated in the future, he hopes that this family of disaster victims can have a way to survive. .
Pueraria lobata is a good staple food, but Pueraria lobata is rare. Fortunately, he did not find Pueraria lobata but found patches of Jerusalem artichokes and glutinous rice vines. Old man Tian and his family were overjoyed, and they started digging and storing them together.
For the next few days, Changsheng stayed with Old Man Tian and his family, and his walking and stopping speed was greatly affected. However, he was not in a hurry. He was proficient in pharmacology and found some herbs for reducing swelling and detoxification, and boiled them for them to drink. They suffer from swelling caused by eating wild vegetables for a long time.
Most of the leafy wild vegetables such as shepherd's purse, bracken, bitter greens, etc. are slightly poisonous. It's not a big deal to eat some occasionally, but you will be poisoned if you eat them regularly.
The old man Tian's family has been living a much better life since they met Changsheng. Most of the wild vegetables found by Changsheng are fat rhizomes that can satisfy their hunger. Even if there is no corn, millet or rice, they can still be full.
Seeing that although Changsheng was lame, he was very capable and could make a living in troubled times. Old man Tian asked him intentionally or unintentionally whether he had made a marriage arrangement. If he didn't know the inside story, Changsheng would tell the truth, but he already knew that there was a girl in the Tian family. Guessing Old Man Tian's intention, he pretended that he had already been engaged when he was a child, and that he was going to Yuzhou this time to join his father-in-law's family.
As a result, although Old Man Tian was disappointed, he never mentioned it again.
The weather has been good these past few days, with the sun shining brightly in the sky, but Chang Sheng always feels that the sky is misty. Whenever he sees corpses of people dying of hunger on the roadside, his heart becomes a little more gloomy. In his memory, the world in earlier years That's not the case. Although we didn't have enough food and clothing at that time, we were not as hungry as we are now, and the people were in dire straits.
After traveling for a few more days, in the evening, Changsheng Hetian and his family arrived at Fenyang County. At this time, the city gate was closed and they could not enter the city.
Changsheng knew how to read, and found a few notices posted on the city wall, so he went to look at them. It turned out that the notices posted on the city wall were notices to calm the people. Li Cunxiao had just captured Fenyang not long ago. When the city was attacked, most of the people in the city would help the officers and soldiers defend it. city, there will be no more deaths.
After the city changes hands, the winning side must calm the people and recruit people to reclaim wasteland. The notice clearly states that the people of this city can forget the blame and live in peace of mind. Anyone who has fled here can go to the government to register and settle down. The government will allocate houses and distribute food. to help victims gain a foothold in the disaster area.
This was good news for Mr. Tian and his family. When Changsheng read the notice to them, Mr. Tian and his family were overjoyed. They had been away from home for more than half a year and finally had a place to stay.
Chang Sheng was also very happy. He had a heavy responsibility and could not always be with Old Man Tian and his family. When Old Man Tian and his family registered, he could leave with peace of mind.
Since the city gate has been closed, everyone can only find a place to spend the night outside the city. There are dark clouds in the sky, and it might rain at night, so everyone can only find shelter in broken houses.
There are usually inns, Yizhuang, and City God's Temple outside the county. They can't go to the inns, and they don't dare to live in Yizhuang. The City God's Temple in the east of the city is a good choice. There was a war here not long ago, and the temple blessings in the City God's Temple have disappeared.
The Temple of the City God is not big, with only one main room and one west wing. Seeing the angry clay sculpture of the City God in the main room, Old Man Tian and his family were frightened and did not dare to rest in the main room, so they hurriedly exited the main room and went to the west wing.
The temperature had warmed up by this time, but it was still very cold at night. Everyone looked for firewood everywhere and lit a bonfire.
As soon as the bonfire was lit, footsteps could be heard outside the temple, and along with the footsteps came the sound of angry curses.
Hearing the noise, Chang Sheng hurriedly came out to check. At this time, half of the south wall of the City God's Temple had collapsed. Standing at the door of the west wing, he could see the situation outside the temple. He saw several Beggar Gang disciples holding weapons and cursing from not far away. come over.
Although the disciples of the Beggar Clan also dress up as beggars, they are easy to distinguish. Firstly, they all have yellow cloth patches on their chests. Secondly, they don’t have the abjection and timidity of beggars. They are more like people in the world. Furthermore, they usually have Carry a weapon with you.
Seeing the disciples of the Beggar Clan, Changsheng took a breath of cold air. It was too late to retreat to the room because the disciples of the Beggar Clan outside the temple had already seen him.
Seeing Chang Sheng looking out, a Beggar Clan disciple with a mustache raised his knife and yelled, "What are you looking at? If I look at him again, I'll pluck out your eyeballs."
Hearing the man yelling and cursing, Chang Sheng hurriedly lowered his head and returned to the house.
Old Man Tian and others also heard the yelling and looked at Changsheng in fear. He didn't know what Changsheng was called, but he always called him a benefactor, "Little benefactor, who is that person outside?"
"Not a good person." Changsheng whispered, and at the same time he turned to look at the girl from the Tian family. In order to hide her identity, the girl from the Tian family had always been unkempt. In recent days, she has always revealed her true appearance intentionally or unintentionally, and no longer deliberately blackened her face. , anyone with a little bit of discernment can tell that she is a woman.
To be fair, the Tian family girl was not pretty, but she was still a young woman. Worried that the Beggar Clan disciples had malicious intentions, Chang Sheng hurriedly raised his hand to wipe his face, suggesting that she darken her face.
The Tian girl understood and hurriedly looked around, but the bonfire had just risen and there was no black ashes. In desperation, she could only pick up a handful of ashes from the ground and apply it to her face.
As soon as the Tian girl wiped her face black, four Beggar Clan disciples walked in from outside the door. Instead of going to the main room, they walked straight towards the west wing.
"Sneaky, who are you?!" Mustache asked loudly.
"We are fleeing." Changsheng lowered his head and answered.
"Fleeing?" Xiao Hu walked up and grabbed Chang Sheng's hair to look at his appearance. He must have found nothing unusual, so he loosened his hair and began to search him up and down. "If you have any money, take it out quickly. How dare you hide it secretly?" , chopped with one knife."
Changsheng had dozens of coins on his body. He didn't dare to carry the money bag, but wrapped it around his waist rope. His mustache searched carelessly, so he didn't find it, so he pushed him aside and went forward to search Old Man Tian and others.
Old Man Tian and others have no money, so the evil man will naturally not be able to find it.
When searching for the girl from the Tian family, the girl from the Tian family was afraid to dodge, and Mustache became suspicious. He searched carefully again, and Gexie smiled mischievously, "Oh, I'm lucky, there is a female..."
